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Thursday, November 15, 2012

State Aristocracy's Pakistan - 2: Maliha Makhdoom appointed as First Secretary in Ireland

In
a previous post, Riyasti Ashrafiya ka Pakistan – 1, a news item was highlighted.
It was published in an Urdu daily Mashriq Peshawar on October 15, 2012. It
states that Barrister Hassan Sajjad, son of former president and chairman
Senate, Wasim Sajjad, has been appointed Adviser to the Interior Minister,
Rehman Malik, and a notification to this effect has been issued.

This
second highlight, published in The Express Tribune on November 15, 2012, states
the following:

In
Question-Hour session in the Senate: “two top ranking officers had been
appointed by former premier Yousaf Raz Gilani in diplomatic missions abroad
without fulfilling any obligatory criteria for the high-profile posts, Foreign
Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said in her written reply to the Senate.

The
officials were posted abroad without passing the mandatory Central Superior
Servies (CSS) examination, Khar explained. Gilani appointed Maliha Makhdoom, daughter
of senior PPP Minister Makhdoon Amin Faheem, as first secretary in Dublin,
Ireland, while Salis Kiani was appointed Minister Community Welfare London.”

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The blogger cherishes a cosmopolitan spirit; he is a moralist; a rationalist; a philosopher; a political philosopher; he believes in Classical Liberalism, as a Theory of Conduct.
He has substantially contributed to the founding of the first free market think tank of Pakistan, Alternate Solutions Institute.
He is a writer who wrote / published dozens of articles on a variety of issues, and is author of 4 books.
He wrote / published short-stories in Punjabi, a regional language of Pakistan.
He composes poetry both in Urdu and Punjabi, and has already published one collection.